red Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 (edited) I have a friend that uses a *nix machine for pricing/ordering/sales. The main system is a p133 w 64 mB and a 1gb drive. Connected to this machine are 2 additional "dumb terminals". The box has a card installed that has a huge 50 or so pin connector, to which a sort of "splitter" connects, splitting it into 4 DB25 connectors. Connected to the DB25 connectors are DB25>RJ45 adapters, which then run to the dumb derminal, to an RJ45>DB25 connector then to the port on the back of the terminal. I am guessing these are all serial connections. At present, only 2 of the connections are being used, and we would like to connect to this machine from a windows box. Should we be able to use one of the available connections to connect via serial port from a windows machine to the *nix box and use a terminal program (kermit?) for entering orders/sales? I know you may require more information, but this is all I have ATM. Thanks, RED moved to networking by Ixthusdan Edited April 10, 2004 by Ixthusdan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 I don't know the answer to your serial quesiton, but wouldn't it be easier to network your windows and nix systems using samba and ethernet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 The current system does not have a nic and I am unsure exactly what flavor of *nix is installed. I seem to recall seeing SCO somewhere when it boots but I could be wrong. Also, it is their desire to keep this system completely off the ethernet network, they just want access from a Windows box via a terminal. RED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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